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Nustar Terminals – Belfast Terminal
IHLA Safety Instrument System - Functional Safety Assessment
P & I Design Ltd
DOCUMENT NO: NU271001_RPT
2 Reed Street, Thornaby, UK, TS17 7AF
ISSUE: F DATE: 30.06.17
Tel: + 44 (0)1642 617444
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REVISION HISTORY
Rev Description
A
Original Issue – Issued following the FSA with actions part complete.
B
Incorporating Client Comments:
Nustar Terminals instead of Nustar Energy
Section 4.3: Comment added
“The valves are not operational and are left open at all
times. They are tested and monitored for closure during weekly SIS testing.”
Tank 47 is fitted with a micropilot radar level transmitter
C
Actions Updated following Functional Safety Committee meetings
D
Actions Updated following Functional Safety Committee meetings and reviewed
prior to 2014 Functional Safety Committee meeting
E
Action 8 Completed
F
Actions confirmed completed and FSA CLOSED
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SCOPE
Nustar Terminals have had installed an Independent High Level Alarm system to provide a
SIL 2 rated automatic shutdown system to prevent storage tank overfills.
The overfill protection systems are required to comply with the international standard BS EN
61511.
Functional Safety Assessment (FSA) is a component part of the process to demonstrate
compliance with BS EN 61511 and that the system is providing the intended protection. Prior
to this FSA no previous FSA’s have been conducted.
This report has been prepared as a Functional Safety Assessment Stage 4 “After gaining
experience in operating and maintenance”. However, as no previous assessment have been
completed this FSA will also review Stages 1 to 3.
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INTRODUCTION
The fuel storage depot is owned and managed by Nustar Terminals Ltd. and classified as a
top tier site under the COMAH Regulations. The Major Incident Investigation Board (MIIB)
established following the explosions and fires at the Buncefield oil terminal on 11th
December 2005 has made a number of recommendations that impact on storage sites across
the UK where gasoline in particular is handled and stored in significant quantity. Subsequent
to the MIIB recommendations, 2 industry/HSE bodies BSTG and PSLG have produced
guidance associated with petroleum storage. The Belfast terminal is one of the sites required
to implement the recommendations of the PSLG Guidelines.
Specification and design of a system that meets BS EN 61511 involves a series of defined
phases as part of an overall lifecycle of the storage tank facility with hazard and risk
assessment, through safety requirements specification, design, installation, commissioning
and validation, operation and maintenance, modification to ultimately decommissioning.
Included in this process is a requirement for Functional Safety Assessments (FSA) to be
conducted at key stages of the lifecycle – See Section 4.0).